The Classification of West African Tone Languages
Igbo and Efik
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2508570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M M Green (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1949 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 213-219 |
| Publication date | 1949-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1156971 |
| OpenAlex | W2008587147 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
During the last twenty years a new chapter has been opened in the study of the Sudanic languages of West Africa by research into their tonal structure. The presence of semantic or lexical tone had long been recognized in these languages: it was known, that is to say, that words otherwise homonymous were distinguished by differences of tone pattern, and that these differences were significant for meaning. It was, however, the work of Dr. Ida Ward in Nigeria which first made clear the essential part played by tone in the grammar of some of these languages, and subsequent research has confirmed this fact
Grammar · Igbo · Languages of Africa · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Tone (literature · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |